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Lamont, Iowa

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50650. It stands on Lamont Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lamont quadrangle. 429 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,040 feet above sea level.

Lamont within Buchanan County

Population over time

2 figures

Lamont fell from 461 to 429 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010461
2020429-32 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

7 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Lamont between 2009 and 2015, burning about 29 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 May 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resources1284 UNION AVE LAMONT, IA 50650, IA
23 May 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 April 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 April 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 March 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resources205 CONCORD ST. LAMONT, IA 50650, IA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Buchanan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Lamont: 6 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hollerman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ward Farm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Aurora QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Aurora QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wards QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Weston QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Buchanan County

Storms near this place

22 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lamont in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 9 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 3 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2008Flash FloodLamont$1,000,000Heavy rains of 4 to 8 inches caused flash flooding in the vicinity of Lamont, IA during the late evening hours of May 25th. The fast moving water washed out a bridge in town. The flood waters damaged 240 of the town's 280 homes.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindLamont$300,000no account filed
July 2010Flash FloodLamont$100,000Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding in Lamont, IA during the morning of July 23. City crews had to sandbag the lift pump station due to the flood waters.
June 2014Tornado (EF1)Lamont$50,000A tornado formed 4 miles south of Lamont, IA in Buchanan County, tracked about 1 mile to the northeast before crossing into Delaware County. In Delaware County the tornado continued for about 13 miles to the northeast to Edgewood, IA. ||This entry is for the Buchanan County segment of the tornado. ||Numerous trees were snapped along the path.
May 2008Tornado (EF1)Lamont$50,000A brief tornado enhanced by the rear-flank downdraft (RFD) winds moved east about 3.5 miles and lifted. Location and time estimated. Some outbuildings and trees along the path were damaged.
April 2006HailLamont$20,000lemon size hail
April 2006HailLamont$4,000Hail of unknown size also reported falling in Winthrop 1833-1836 CST; based on radar trends and other reports, the hail is estimated at dime size (0.70 inch).
July 1995Thunderstorm WindLamont$3,000no account filed
June 2022HailLamont-Report relayed through county sheriff office.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindLamont-A local coop observer reported a cattle shed was destroyed and blown into a farm field.
June 2014Flash FloodLamont-The emergency manager reported street flooding.
June 2013Funnel CloudLamont-A trained spotter reported a wall cloud with some rotation and occasional short-lived funnel clouds.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindLamont-Wind gusts estimated to be 60 to 70 mph blew down a 24 to 30 inch diameter tree about 2 miles west of Lamont, IA at 1110 pm May 25.
May 2010HailLamont-Quarter-sized hail fell in Lamont, IA at 912 pm May 12.
May 2008HailLamont-Golf ball-sized hail fell just west of Lamont, IA around 6:47 pm.
June 2001HailLamont-Penny sized hail reported by a trained spotter.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindLamont-Several tree limbs downed.
May 1999Flash FloodLamont-Flooding was reported near Highway 281 and Highway 150. Flooding was also reported south of Stanley near C57 and W33. Water covered Highway 187 south of Lamont.
June 2001Tornado (F0)Lamont-no account filed
June 1999HailLamont-no account filed
May 1998HailLamont-no account filed
June 1997HailLamont-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Buchanan County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Aurora4.8 miles13
Stanley9.5 miles12
Winthrop9.9 miles11
Doris12.2 miles11
Hazleton13.8 miles12
Bryantsburg14.1 miles12
Gatesville14.8 miles11
Monti15.3 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on LamontAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1930340The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 458215. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.